I’m a huge fan of paid marketing as it is fast and easy, yet free search traffic is magic… it converts almost perfectly, and it’s long lasting.

You have to be on the first page, first to third spot, to get lots of traffic that converts though… I’ve realized people who click the rest of the results are not the best, but hey, whatever they are, they are still free search traffic…

…and the second, third and so on pages are mostly visited by people as good as social traffic, most of them are time killers.

You can’t just get 1,000 high PR links as this will look way too unnatural as it is, mix it up and get all kinds of links to not worry about Google updates whatsoever.

2 Write compelling content

Backlinking crappy articles is like going to the movies to watch some killer film, but ending up watching Cinderella (happened to me once, but I don’t wanna talk about it, you’ll think I’m weird LOL)

Think about what you want to find when you search Google – relevant articles, right?

So does everybody and so do Google, they will not list your article if it is irrelevant even if it has a millions backlinks to it… the time this was possible is long gone, besides why would you want to rank thin articles? They won’t get results even if you manage to get them to the first page for some time.

Write each article as it’d be your last, that’s what I do.

You can rank thin content too, but I don’t think you will keep it on the first page for too long, nor do I think it is worth it.

3 Get social signals

They are not a ranking factor (at least that’s what SEOs say), but they will get you social traffic that will boost your site’s authority.